Button Mountain
Button Mountain rises to 1,412 m in California. Clark Mountain stands 2,417 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mojave phone booth, a historic site 1.7 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 44 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730976, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,412 m
How to reach it
- 44.4 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
108 named places within 25 miles
- Deer Spring: 5.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 6.1 mi
- Cane Spring: 6.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 7.6 mi
- Henry Spring: 8.6 mi
- Club Peak: 3.2 mi
- Cima Dome: 7.2 mi
- Sawtooth: 7.3 mi
- Wildcat Butte: 8.1 mi
- Mohave Peak: 8.1 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 1.7 mi
- Mojave Memorial Cross: 9.2 mi
- Abandoned Restaurant: 11.3 mi
- Abandoned gas station: 11.3 mi
- Mojave Road: 14.2 mi
- Cima: 12.7 mi
- Ivanpah: 19.8 mi
- Kelso: 20.0 mi
- Silver Lake: 23.3 mi
- Providence: 24.8 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 20.5 mi
- Travelers Monument: 24.5 mi
- Ivanpah Lake: 24.6 mi
- Aikens Arch: 4.5 mi
- Clark Mountain Natural Arch: 18.5 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 11.8 mi
- Mojave National Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Chet Hoffman Park: 19.8 mi
- Kelso Depot: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Button Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mountain | NNE 24° | 2,417 m | 17.2 mi |
| New York Two Mountain | E 97° | 2,296 m | 22.8 mi |
| New York Mountain | E 96° | 2,275 m | 22.7 mi |
| Drum Peak | ESE 102° | 2,123 m | 22.6 mi |
| Table Top | ESE 124° | 1,884 m | 23.4 mi |
| Kessler Peak | E 83° | 1,879 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,873 m | 20.9 mi |
| Kokoweef Peak | NE 55° | 1,843 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:56 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baker, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358805006
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